Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!bbaker From: bbaker@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Baker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Touch screen for Amiga Keywords: Touch screen Amiga where help please quickly! Message-ID: <10716@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 9 Apr 90 18:03:42 GMT References: <3508@pikes.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: bbaker@cbmvax (Bob Baker) Distribution: usa Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 30 In article <3508@pikes.Colorado.EDU> bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott) writes: > I need to know if/where I can find a touch screen monitor for the Amiga. Price > is not much of an object; if we can locate one we may end up selling Amiga > interactive video kiosks by the dozen. I also would like to know (if anyone > can tell me) how it works with the Amiga. Does it/can it emulate a mouse? If > not, how can I use it from, say, The Director? If I have to I can probably > kludge up a C program or something resembling one for an interface but that > would be a last resort as I have no experience at programming the Amiga beyond > standard C stuff that you learn in a class. > > Company name/address/phone number would be nice. I have called all the local > stores and they say "well, there is one, but I'm not sure who makes it; check > Amiga World" which I did and there's nothing. > > . <<<>>> There was a touch screen available at one time from Future Touch, actually part of Amiga Business Computers, 192 Laurel Rd, East Northport, NY 11731; phone: 516-757-7234. Sorry, but not sure of the current status of this but original kit for upgrading an existing monitor was $1195, complete 13 inch color monitor with touch screen included was $1595 and a 19 inch was $3390. > > -- > _______________________________________________________________________________ > | | > | Someday, I'm going to make up a clever .sig file like everyone else has... | > |_____________________________________________________________________________|